mysql connection

[Anon]

Hi,

I just picked up a PHP book today and for some reason I can't connect to the MySQL database in my site. I tried to retrieve some rows in a table but it didn't work. I think it might be the connection to the database first of all that isn't right. Anyway, this is another code that simply connects to the database. I can't seem to get the output to appear and get proper connection. Most likely the coding is wrong. Thanks in advance for your help.

Vance

<?php

$linkID = mysql_connect("www.domain.com", "", "");

if ($linkID !=FALSE)
{
print "The connection to the server was made successfully.";
}
else
{

print "The connection to the server failed.";
}

mysql_close($linkID);

?>

[wchris]

Better:
$db_link = mysql_connect ($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or die ("The connection to the server failed");